Waste receptacle with ejector means



Jan. 9, 1962 c. KESSINGER WASTE RECEPTACLE WITH EJECTOR MEANS Filed July 6, 1960 INVENTOR R i w Q Q\ w Q w Fm Q n N Mn 5 mm Q C N F m Kass/Ne ER United Sates atent Qfiice 3,016,163 Patented Jan. 9, 1962 3,016,163 WASTE REUEPTACLE WITH EJECTGR MEANS Corbie Kessiuger, PLO. Box 135, Hopedale, Ill. Filed July 6, 1960, Ser. No. 41,203 3 Claims. (Cl. 220--93) This invention relates-to a novel waste receptacle for use as a wastebasket and has for its primary object to provide such a receptacle or container having means whereby the contents of the receptacle can be ejected through the open top thereof without inverting the receptacle and without scooping the contents from the receptacle with the'hands.

In many large buildings, waste receptacles are emptied into an incinerator, the door of which is usually located at such a height and is of such a size that the'receptacle cannot he invented. Consequently, it is necessary to scoop the contents from the receptacle. The contents frequently include broken glass, hypodermic needles and numerous other sharp or jagged objects capable of cutting or injuring the hands.

Accordingly, it is a primary object of the present invention to provide a waste receptacle, the contents of which can be emptied into an incinerator or a truck,

where the receptacle cannot be inverted, without touching the contents of the receptacle, to ithus avoid the possibility of injury to the hands.

Various other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter become more fully apparent from the following description of the drawing, illustrating a presently preferred embodiment thereof, and wherein:

FIGURE 1 is a bottom plan view, partly in section,

of the receptacle;

FIGURE 2 is -a longitudinal sectional view thereof, taken substantially along a plane as indicated by the line 22 of FIGURE 1; v,

FIGURE 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the receptacle, taken along a plane corresponding to the plane of FIGURE 2 but showing certain of the parts in a different position and looking in the opposite direction, and

FIGURE 4 is a cross sectional view of the receptacle, taken substantially along a plane as indicated by the line 44 of FIGURE 2.

Referring more specifically to the drawing, the waste or refuse receptacle in its entirety and comprising the invention is designated generally 6 and includes an elongated hollow receptacle body 7 having open ends 8 and 9. As illustrated, the receptacle body 7 is substantially square in cross section; however, the body 7 may be of various cross sectional shapes and sizes and may also be made in various lengths. The receptacle body 7 is preferably formed of a lightweight metal with the edges thereof outwardly rolled at the ends 8 and 9, as seen at 10; however, the body 7 may be formed of various other materials including wood or plastic.

The receptacle 6 includes a combination bottom and ejector plunger 11 which is shaped to fit slidably and nonturnably in the body 7 and which includes a substantially flat wall 12 forming the bottom proper and which has flanges 13, 14, 15 and 16 projecting at right angles from the bottom wall 12 and toward the body end 9. The plunger-bottom 11 also includes four angular corner members 17, each of which forms a right angle, as seen in FIGURE 4, and which corner members project from the four corners of the bottom member 12, in the opposite direction to the flanges 13, 14, 15 and 16. The corner members 17 have a relatively snug fitting sliding engagement in the four corners of the body 7.

A bar 18, which may be hollow, i-s secured in any conventional manner to the underside of the bottom member 12 and is disposed between and substantially parallel to the flanges 13 and 14, and adjacent the flange 14. A short bar 19 is swingably connected at one end thereof, by means of a hinge 20, to the underside of the bar 18, midway between the flanges 15 and 16. One end of a long rigid rod 21 is secured in the other end of the bar 19, as by means of a fastening 22. The rod 21 projects perpendicularly from the bar 19 and is disposed with its axis normal to the axistof the hinge 20. A crosshead 23 is secured to the other end of the rod 21 and a conventional handle 24 is securedto one side of the crosshead 23 and is disposed crosswise of the axis of the rod 21.

The'flanges 15.and 16, which are disposed parallel to one another, are provided with corresponding longitudinally extending aligned slots 25 which are located nearer the flange 13 than the flange 14. A rod 26 has end portions fitting loosely in the slots 25 and is provided withenlargements or heads 27 at its ends which bear against.

the remote sides of the flanges 15 and 16. The flanges 15 and 16 are spaced apart a distance somewhat lessthan the spacing between the flanges 13 and 14, as seen in FIGURE 1, so that the flanges 15 and 16 are spaced from adjacent walls of the receptacle body 7 to accommodate the heads 27 between thereceptacle body-and said flanges. The flange 14 is provided midway of its ends with a downwardly opening notch 28 which aligns with a notch 29 in one of the walls 30 of the body 7 at the bottom 9 thereof. Thebody 7, at its bottom end 9, is provided with opposed inwardly extending abutments or stops 35 which are positioned to be engaged by bottom edges of the flanges 15 and 16 to support the plunger-bottom 11 in its lowermost position, as seen in FIGURE 2, and which constitutes the normal position thereof when the receptacle 6 is in its normal upright position, as seen in this view, to provide a refuse con tainer. With the plunger-bottom 11thus disposed, the bar 19 extends outwardly through the aligned notches 28 and 29 and the rod 21 is spaced a suflicient distance from the axis of the hinge 20, so that said rod extends upwardly along the outer side of the wall 30, and the handle 24 is disposed on the outer side of the crosshead 23, when the rod 21 is thus disposed, and at a considerable distance from the lower end 9 of the receptacle 6, which is adapted to rest on any suitable supporting surface 31. With the receptacle 6 thus disposed, the bar 19 is prevented by the surface 31 from swinging downwardly to any appreciable extent to maintain the crosshead 23 against or in close proximity to the wall 30.

The wall 32 of the receptacle body 7, which is located opposite to the wall 36, is provided on its outer side with a handle 33, which is located at approximately the same level as the handle 24, when the parts are in their position as seen in FIGURE 2. Another handle 34 is secured to the outer side of the wall 32 near the lower end 9 of the receptacle 6. The handles 33 and 34 preferably corthe handles 24 and 733 may be grasped for carrying the' receptacle. When emptying the receptacle. 6 into an incinerator, for example, the upper end 8 thereof can be inserted into the opening afforded by an incinerator door, not shown, and the rod 21 can be swung to its extended position of FIGURE 3 relative to the plunger-bottom 11, in which position it can be latched by movement of the latch rod 26 across the end'of the bar 19, which is located remote from the hinge 20, so as to position the axis of the rod 21 approximately axially of the receptacle 6. The receptacle 6 can then be supported with one hand by grasping the lower handle 34 while the other hand engages the handle 24 to propel the plunger-bottom 11 from the end 9 to the end 80f the receptacle body 7 for ejecting the contents, not shown, of the receptacle 6 through the open end 8 and into the incinerator, Without the necessity of the user touching the contents of the receptacle. It will be obvious that the stops 36 will prevent the plunger 11 being projected through the recep tacle end 8. The plunger'members 17 cooperate with the flanges 13 and 14 to prevent the plunger 11 from rocking in the body 7 to thus insure a free sliding movementof said plunger relative to the body 7. The receptacle 6 can be emptied in the same manner into a truck or other overhead container where said receptacle cannot be inverted for emptying, and without touching the contents of the receptacle.

As previously stated, the receptacle 6 can be made in various cross sectional sizes and shapes, preferably of a proper size and shape to fit an incinerator opening. The receptacle 6 can also be made in various lengths or heights and the length of the rod 21 may obviously be varied depending upon the length or height of the receptacle. Accordingly, the handles 24 and 33 will always be located nearer the open upper end 8 than the lower end 9 when the receptacle 6 is in an upright or carrying position, as seen in FIGURE 2.

Various other modifications and changes are contemplated and may be resorted to, without departing from the function or scope of the invention as hereinafter defined by the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A Waste receptacle comprising an elongated hollow body having an open top and an open lower end, a plunger mounted for longitudinal sliding movement in said body and constituting a receptacle bottom when disposed in the lower end of the body, said plunger having an inner side and an outer side, a plunger rod extending from the outer side of said plunger longitudinally of the receptacle through the lower end of the body and having a outer end adapted to be manually engaged for forcibly projecting the plunger toward said open top, a rigid member secured to and projecting laterally from the other end of the plunger rod, and means swingably connecting said member at an end thereof spaced from the plunger rod to the outer side of the plunger for swinging movement of the plunger rod with said member to a folded position externally of the receptacle body and along a side thereof when said plunger is disposed in the lower end of the body, said outer end of the plunger rod being provided with a handle located adjacent the open top of the receptacle body in the folded position of the plunger rod and with said outer end disposed between the handle and receptacle body, and a second carrying handle secured to and extending outwardly from a part of the receptacle body and disposed approximately opposite the plunger rod handle, when the plunger rod is in a folded position.

2. A waste receptacle as in claim 1, and latch means slidably connected to the plunger and detachably engageable with a part of said member for latching the plunger rod in an extended position substantially axially of the receptacle.

3. A waste receptacle as in claim 2, and a supporting handle fixed to and projecting outwardly from a part of the receptacle body adjacent the lower end thereof, said supporting handle and the plunger rod handle extending laterally in the same direction from the receptacle body and plunger rod, respectively, when the plunger rod is latched in an extended position.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 945,474 Parnham Jan. 4, 1910 1,680,755 Wilson Aug. 14, 1928 1,683,772 Gibson Sept. 11, 1928 1,928,759 McQuillen Oct. 3, 1933 2,540,304 Thomsen Feb. 6, 1951 2,792,857 Hewson May 21, 1952 

